History

Did you know the world's aviation giants were born in Ukraine? 🛫 From the father of the helicopter to the world's largest plane, discover the sky-high legacy of Ukrainian flight at EMPR. 🇺🇦

Ukraine-Ruthenia preserved a distinct identity long before Muscovy appropriated the legacy of Rus, destroying libraries, books, and historical records tied to Ukraine.

Veles Night reveals Ukraine’s mystical Slavic traditions, where ancestors are honored as the boundary between worlds thins. A cultural look at the country’s own Halloween.

More than 100 years ago, on March 17, 1917, the Ukrainian Central Rada (UCR) was founded in Kyiv. It was the first representative body of the Ukrainian people in modern history and the first parliament after the proclamation of the Ukrainian People’s Republic. The overthrow of the Russian monarchy prompted the establishment of UCR. After that, councils of workers’ and […]

These prominent Ukrainian women’s multifaceted activities have influenced the development and establishment of the Ukrainian state. They made a significant contribution to culture, art, education, sports, science, literature and other spheres of life in Ukraine. Over centuries of history, they have been genuinely interested in Ukraine and its socio-economic development. Grand Princess Olha of Kyiv An outstanding historical figure, one […]

Many English people will know of the old Saxon Kingdom of England, Alfred the Great and his ancestors, the Kingdom of Wessex ruled by the ancestors of a semi mythological Cerdic (“Cerdicingas” in the old English) and the defeat of Harold Godwin(e) at the famous Battle of Hastings in 1066. Those of us who also know something of old Kyivan […]

Heartbreaking pages of Ukraine’s history or how Russia’s regime wanted Ukrainian culture to be erased.

Long before modern Ukraine, its people were known as Ruthenians—an identity erased, reshaped, and rediscovered through centuries of political struggle.

Ukraine in the world archives: Breaking Russian myths in infographics of 1914-1919. Lenin was right when he said that «Soviet Russia can’t exist without Ukraine». Breaking Russian myths and perversion of information: in 1918, Ukraine (UPR) proclaimed that it separates from Russia and becomes an independent state. To tell the world about a new country UKRAINE, Bucharest published a colorful […]

After analyzing the genomes of the ancient inhabitants of Ireland, the researchers concluded that the ancestors of the Irish people came from Eastern and Southern Europe. First of all, from the northern Black Sea coast, the south of present-day Ukraine, reports the BBC.

Early chronicles referencing the lands of modern Ukraine predate the formation of Russia as a state, reshaping how Eastern European origins are understood today.

July 29, 2015 will remain a historic day for Ukrainians: it was the day of the solemn unveiling in Lviv of the monument to Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky marking the 150th anniversary of his birth.